| Everton | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Richard Wright | GK | Thomas Sorensen | ||
| DR | Steve Watson | DR | Darren Williams | ||
| DR | Alessandro Pistone | DR | George McCartney | ||
| DR | David Unsworth | DR | Phil Babb | ||
| DR | Gary Naysmith | DR | Jody Craddock | ||
| DR | Alan Stubbs | MD | Gavin McCann | ||
| DR | David Weir | MD | Sean Thornton | ||
| S1 | MD | Li Tie | S1 | MD | Paul Thirlwell |
| MD | Scott Brown | AM | Kevin Kilbane | ||
| S2 | FD | Brian McBride | S2 | FD | Tore Andre Flo |
| FD | Tomasz Radzinski | FD | Kevin Phillips | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Thomas Gravesen | S1 | MD | Julio Arca |
| S2 | FD | Kevin Campbell | S2 | FD | Michael Proctor |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| David Moyes | Howard Wilkinson | ||||